
Dr. Syed Ajmal Pasha
Head of Research
Dr. Syed Ajmal Pasha has a strong academic background in social science research. He is also a good trainer in the field of capacity building of stakeholders in developmental programmes of the Government and NGOs / CBOs He obtained his Ph D in Economics from Bangalore University, Bangalore. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He has two books and around 35 research articles / papers published and presented in conferences both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Syed Ajmal Pasha retired from ISEC (Institute for Social and Economic Change), Bengaluru as a Senior Faculty. While at ISEC, he has worked in the field of Ecological / Environmental Economics, in particular on forestry, CPRs, water sector, climate change etc.
He was on deputation as Senior Faculty (Development Economics and Planning) at the Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysore for about 5 years. While at ATI, Mysore he initiated Action Research, developed modules on Public Private Partnership, Public Health Care Management and Project Management. He was a Resource Person and Coordinator to several training programmes on PPP, Public Health Care Management, Project Management and other programmes.
He was also consultant to World Bank and DFID.
Dr Syed Ajmal Pasha, after retirement from ISEC, was a Senior Research Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi.
